Jones v. Mansfield Training School

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[i]f there are two possible interpretations of a statute, we will adopt the more reasonable construction over one that is unreasonable”
• if two constructions of statute are possible, courts will use reasonable construction over unreasonable one
• use of word ‘‘shall’’ was directory and did not create exclusive remedy for injured worker
• employee injured when attacked by resident of training school

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Sassone v. Lepore
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-03· cited 127×
• Craig v. Driscoll
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-02-04· cited 98×
• Davis v. City of Norwich
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-02-28· cited 67×
• State v. Cain
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-08-25· cited 56×
• Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Board of Education
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-08-31· cited 50×
• Katz v. Commissioner of Revenue Services
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-01· cited 38×
• Klc, Inc., Keystone Leasing v. Cynthia Trayner, Docket No. 04-1404-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2005-09-27· cited 27×
• Pollio v. Planning Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-01-31· cited 26×
• Lauer v. Zoning Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-11· cited 23×
• Nash v. Yap
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-02-16· cited 19×
• In Re Duda
  D. Connecticut· 1995-05-31· cited 18×
• State v. Grant
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-11-30· cited 15×
• Nazarko v. Conservation Commission
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1998-09-29· cited 15×
• CACIOPOLI v. Lebowitz
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-09-06· cited 11×
• Trinkley v. Ella Grasso Regional Center
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-01-07· cited 9×
• Salmeri v. Department of Public Safety
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-06-11· cited 8×
• Vecca v. State
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1992-11-24· cited 7×
• Nelson v. State
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2007-03-06· cited 2×
• Hyatt v. City of Milford
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2000-04-25· cited 1×
• Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2014-12-16

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Peck v. Jacquemin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-23· cited 200×
• Mahoney v. Lensink
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-01-30· cited 186×
• Turner v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-18· cited 182×
• Bakelaar v. City of West Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-04-24· cited 151×
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters of America v. Shapiro
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1951-06-26· cited 107×
• Rhodes v. City of Hartford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-12· cited 104×
• Winslow v. Zoning Board
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1956-05-16· cited 95×
• State v. Parmalee
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-08-06· cited 73×
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Kimbro
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-01· cited 72×
• Schieffelin & Co. v. Department of Liquor Control
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-08-07· cited 66×
• In re Ralph M.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-05-23· cited 65×
• Beccia v. City of Waterbury
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-08-25· cited 61×
• Fidelity Trust Co. v. BVD Associates
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-05-14· cited 61×
• Szudora v. Town of Fairfield
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-04-17· cited 59×
• Statewide Grievance Committee v. Rozbicki
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-09· cited 52×
• Concerned Citizens of Sterling, Inc. v. Connecticut Siting Council
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-26· cited 49×
• Beloff v. Progressive Casualty Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-03-31· cited 48×
• State v. Uretek, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-06-07· cited 43×
• Broadriver, Inc. v. City of Stamford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1969-12-03· cited 41×
• Eielson v. Parker
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-02-05· cited 40×